NASCAR intensity, Dixon eyeing Indycar history
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES
Federated Auto Parts 400
Site: Richmond, Virginia.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 5:05 p.m, and qualifying, 5:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA).
Track: Raceway.
Race distance: 400 laps, 300 miles.
Last year: Martin Truex Jr. won after starting third.
Last race: Kevin Harvick broke a 65-race winless streak and became the 15th different race winner this season, pulling away after a restart on the 166th of 200 laps at Michigan.
Fast facts: With three regular-season races remaining and 15 unique winners, second-place
Richmond
Ryan Blaney and fourthplace Truex could be battling for the lone playoff spot based on points. They are just 19 points apart . ... Truex had won three of the previous five races on the 0.75-mile oval before Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin won in early April . ... Bubba Wallace, also a non-winner this year, finished second at Michigan . ... Points leader Chase Elliott leads Blaney by 119 points and Ross Chastain by 137 . ... Kurt Busch has missed three straight races after a concussion and is now the lowestranked race winner of the season. He's 20th, three spots — and 39 points — behind Hamlin.
Next race: Aug. 21, Watkins Glen, New York.
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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
starting 18th in midapril.
Last race: Ty Gibbs Last race: Grant grabbed the lead to start Enfinger used fresh the final stage and held tires to pass points it throughout the stagelong leader Zane Smith for green-flag run at the lead on the next-tolast Michigan for his seriesbest lap of overtime and fifth victory of the win the first race of the season. playoffs, and the first at
Next race: Aug. 20, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Watkins Glen, New Raceway Park since York. 2011.
Online: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:// Fast facts: Smith leads defending series www.nascar.com champion Ben Rhodes by 14 points and Enfinger and Stewart Friesen by 22. Nemecheck and Chandler Smith are 26 back . ... Rhodes rallied to edge Zane Smith for second at Michigan. ... Nemechek wound up 10th despite leading a race-high 75 laps. ... Three-time series champion Matt Crafton finished the opening playoff race below the cutline — top eight of 10 advance after three races — with two chances
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
Site: Richmond, Virginia.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 3 p.m., qualifying, 3:30 p.m., and race, 8 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Raceway.
Race distance: 250 laps, 187.5 miles.
Last year: John Hunter Nemechek won after
Richmond remaining to stay in the running for a fourth championship.
Next race: Sept. 9, Kansas City, Kansas.
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FORMULA ONE
Last race: Defending series champion Max Verstappen overcame a spin and his worst starting spot of the season to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, his second victory in a row and eighth in 13 races, stretching his championship lead.
Next race: Aug. 28, Francorchamps, Malmedy, and Stavelot, Belguim.
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INDYCAR
Last race: Scott Dixon beat Scott Mclaughlin in a two-lap dash to the finish in Nashville's Indycar debut to win for the 53rd time, breaking a tie with Mario Andretti for second in a career. He also jumped to second in the points race as he pursues a seventh series title that would tie A.J. Foyt's career record.
Next race: Aug. 20, Madison, Illinois.
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NHRA DRAG RACING
Last event: Tony Schumacher won in Top Fuel and Robert Hight won in Funny Car at Kent, Washington.
Next event: Aug. 1214, Topeka, Kansas.
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WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Next events: Aug. 1013, Knoxville, Iowa.
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